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SG Spirit Gold Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SG)("SG Spirit Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent (the "Buchans LOI") with Buchans Minerals Corporation (TSX VENTURE:BMC) ("Buchans Minerals") with respect to the proposed sale by Buchans Minerals to SG Spirit Gold of 100% of the of the Buchans property and Tulks North property. The Buchans property includes the Lundberg deposit and the Tulks North property includes the Daniels Pond deposit and a 49% interest in the Tulks Hill joint venture, all of which are located near Buchans, Newfoundland (collectively, the "Property"). In exchange for 100% of the Property, SG Spirit Gold will issue the number of common shares representing 50% of the issued and outstanding capital of SG Spirit Gold, warrants and a cash payment of $2.0 million, as more fully described below (the "Buchans Transaction"). It is a condition of the Buchans Transaction that at closing SG Spirit Gold will have raised $12.5 million pursuant to a Financing (as hereinafter defined) and will have acquired the Bobby's Pond base metal deposit from Mountain Lake Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MOA) ("Mountain Lake"). The Buchans Transaction will transform SG Spirit Gold and merge the considerable management and financing expertise of the Exploration Group ("EGM"), led by Mr. Mark Morabito, with the premiere base metal assets of Buchans Minerals. The primary goal of the new company will be the development of the Lundberg base metals deposit and consolidation and development of other base metals deposits in the area to create a mid-tier base metals producer in central Newfoundland.

Concurrent with the Buchans Transaction, Mountain Lake has entered into a letter of intent (the "MOA LOI") with SG Spirit Gold to sell its 100% interest in the Bobby's Pond base metals deposit ("Bobby's Pond"), located approximately 20 kilometres southeast of the town of Buchans, in exchange for common shares of SG Spirit Gold, a cash payment of $100,000 and a 0.5% Net Smelter Royalty, as more fully described below (the "MOA Transaction").

SG Spirit Gold is led by EGM, a Vancouver-based mining services company established by Mr. Mark Morabito. "We have often considered the Buchans/Victoria Lake VMS belts as ripe for consolidation and believe our partnership with Buchans Minerals provides us with the cornerstone assets to achieve this. Consolidating the PEA stage Lundberg project, as a centralized anchor asset, together with the high-grade Daniels Pond and Bobby's Pond deposits and other surrounding satellite deposits, is a step towards developing a future base metals mining complex in Buchans, Newfoundland," commented Mark Morabito.

"We recognize the prospectivity of this VMS belt, host to a number of known small VMS deposits, and believe the only viable path forward for many of these deposits is through the creation of a camp consolidator. Our objective is to advance the assets collectively towards feasibility while sustaining a regional exploration program to identify additional deposits," added Adrian Bray, President and CEO of SG Spirit Gold.

The Buchans Transaction and MOA Transaction (collectively, the "Transaction") are subject to the execution of definitive agreements (the "Definitive Agreements") with each of Buchans Minerals and Mountain Lake, approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"), approval of the Spirit Gold and Buchans Minerals' shareholders and other conditions customary for a transaction of this nature. There can be no assurance that the Transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.

Transaction Highlights

Buchans LOI

The following are the highlights of the terms and conditions of the Buchans LOI:

Buchans Minerals is a corporation incorporated under the Federal Laws of Canada with its head office located in Nova Scotia.

In consideration for the sale of 100% of the Property to SG Spirit Gold, upon closing, Buchans Minerals will receive:

the number of common shares of SG Spirit Gold representing 50% of the issued and outstanding capital of SG Spirit Gold, following completion of the Financing (the "Buchans Payment Shares");

the number of share purchase warrants (each whole share purchase warrant, a "Warrant") representing 1/5th of the Buchans Payment Shares. Each Warrant will entitle Buchans Minerals to acquire one common share of SG Spirit Gold at an exercise price that is a 33% discount to the issue price of common shares issued pursuant to the Financing for a period of 36 months from the date of issuance;

a one-time cash payment of $2.0 million ("Buchans Upfront Payment");

the right to nominate up to 50% of the Board of Directors of SG Spirit Gold, subject to certain conditions; and

the right to participate in future financings of SG Spirit Gold, subject to certain conditions.

In addition, SG Spirit Gold will be required to incur cumulative expenditures of at least $7.5 million in connection with the development of the Property within a period of 24 months from the date of the definitive agreement to be entered by the parties upon completion of satisfactory due diligence pursuant to the Buchans LOI (the "Buchans Definitive Agreement").

MOA LOI

The following are the highlights of the terms and conditions of the MOA LOI:

Mountain Lake is a corporation incorporated under the Laws of British Columbia with its head office located in Nova Scotia.

In consideration for the sale of 100% of Bobby's Pond to SG Spirit Gold, upon closing, Mountain Lake will receive:

the number of common shares of SG Spirit Gold representing 3.65% of the issued and outstanding capital of SG Spirit Gold, following completion of the Financing (the "MOA Payment Shares");

a one-time cash payment of $100,000 ("MOA Upfront Payment"); and

A 0.5% Net Smelter Royalty on production from Bobby's Pond.

Mountain Lake and SG Spirit Gold will enter into a definitive agreement upon completion of satisfactory due diligence pursuant to the MOA LOI (the "MOA Definitive Agreement").

Transaction Closing Conditions

Conditions precedent to the closing of the Transaction include:

satisfactory completion of customary due diligence within 21 days of execution of the Buchans LOI and MOA LOI;

entering into the Buchans Definitive Agreement and MOA Definitive Agreement (the "Definitive Agreements");

SG Spirit Gold raising gross proceeds of at least $12.5 million pursuant to a subscription receipt financing within 110 days of the date of the Buchans LOI;

SG Spirit Gold completing a consolidation of its outstanding common shares, warrants and options on the basis of one post-consolidation share for every two pre-consolidation shares; and

all necessary board, shareholder and regulatory approvals, including the approval of the Exchange, being received.

Financing

In conjunction with, or prior to the closing of the Transaction, SG Spirit Gold will complete a brokered private placement (the "Financing") of subscription receipts of SG Spirit Gold ("Subscription Receipts") and flow-through subscription receipts ("FT Subscription Receipts") for gross proceeds of at least $12,500,000. Each Subscription Receipt will be exercisable for one unit of SG Spirit Gold ("Unit") upon satisfaction of all conditions to the Transaction. Each Unit will consist of one common share of SG Spirit Gold and one half of one common share purchase warrant exercisable for 24 months. Each FT Subscription Receipt will be exercisable for one flow-through common share of SG Spirit Gold upon satisfaction of all conditions to the Transaction. Each flow-through common share will consist of one common share which qualifies as a "flow-through share" for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

Additional Information

NCP Northland Capital Partners Inc. ("NCP") having acted as Buchans Minerals' financial advisor will be paid by Buchans Minerals a success fee of 5% of the Buchans Upfront Payment. In addition, NCP will be entitled to receive from SG Spirit Gold an amount of common shares of SG Spirit Gold equal to 5% of the Buchans Payment Shares and MOA Payment Shares, an amount of Warrants equal to 5% of the Warrants issued to Buchans Minerals, and a success fee of 5% of the MOA Upfront Payment, subject to the approval of the Exchange.

Full details of the Transaction will be included in the Definitive Agreements and Management Information Circular to be filed with the regulatory authorities and mailed to SG Spirit Gold shareholders in accordance with applicable securities laws. It is anticipated that a special meeting of shareholders of SG Spirit Gold to approve the Transaction will be held in February 2012. The Transaction is being conducted entirely at arm's length.

Following completion of the Transaction, SG Spirit Gold will be a fully financed, development focused Newfoundland base metals company whose primary objective will be the consolidation and advancement of a Buchans centred base metal complex. SG Spirit Gold will have multiple VMS deposits hosting National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") defined resources and several advanced stage exploration projects, including the development stage Lundberg project and advanced exploration stage Daniels Pond, Tulks Hill and Bobby's Pond deposits. SG Spirit Gold intends to undergo a name change in connection with the Transaction to reflect its new focus.

Lundberg Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") Highlights:

The development stage Lundberg Project has a positive PEA completed by Wardrop Engineering, a Tetra Tech Company (see Buchans Minerals press release dated August 12th, 2011 for full details) which highlights are identified below. Its important to recognize that the PEA is based on processing only the Lundberg resource and does not include the Daniels Pond, Bobbys Pond or Tulks Hill resources. As SG Spirit Gold moves towards completing a pre-feasibility study on the Property, they will evaluate the Daniels Pond, Bobbys Pond and possibly Tulks Hill as possible satellite deposits contributing to the central Lundberg processing facility.

Pre-tax IRR of 43.94% and an NPV at a 6% discount rate of $217.8 million on total life of mine ("LOM") cash-flow of $471.5 million.

Average operating costs for the first five years of the project are $24.53 per tonne on net revenue of $61.76 per tonne. This translates to a revenue to cost ratio of 2.5:1. For the 10 year LOM the average operating costs are $23.79 per tonne on net revenue of $52.95 per tonne for a revenue to cost ratio of 2.2:1.

Payback for the project is estimated at 1.4 years on initial capital of $119.6 million and sustaining capital of $32.4 million for total capital expenditures of $152.0 million. Capital estimates includes $10.2 million indirect costs, $3.8 million owners costs and $19.1 million contingency.

Average throughput of 5,000 tonnes per day, with a stripping ratio of 3.06 to 1, producing separate zinc, copper and lead concentrates with silver credits in both the lead concentrate and to a lesser degree the copper concentrate.

Average annual production of metal in the concentrate is estimated to be 27.1 million pounds of zinc (Zn), 5.5 million pounds of copper (Cu), 16.3 million pounds of lead (Pb) and 164.1 thousand ounces of silver (Ag).

The PEA is based on Inferred Mineral Resources, which are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. Inferred Mineral Resources are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as Mineral Reserves and there is therefore no certainty that the conclusions of the PEA will be realized. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.

Completion of the Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including Exchange acceptance and disinterested shareholder approval. The transaction cannot close until the required shareholder approval is obtained. There can be no assurance that the transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.

Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the Management Information Circular to be prepared in connection with the Transaction, any information released or received with respect to the Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of SG Spirit Gold should be considered highly speculative.

The Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.

Qualified Person

Adrian Bray, P.Geo., President & CEO of SG Spirit Gold and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this news release.

To the best of the SG Spirit Gold's knowledge, information, and belief, there is no new material scientific or technical information that would make the disclosure of the mineral resource estimates in this news release or results of the PEA inaccurate or misleading.

About SG Spirit Gold:

SG Spirit Gold is a Vancouver-based resource company in the business of acquiring and advancing Canadian mineral properties prospective for precious metals and base metals. The Company's management team and Board have extensive experience and success in the resource industry.

About the Exploration Group

The Exploration Group ("EGM") is a Canadian company that provides administrative, management, geological, regulatory, tax, corporate development and investor relations services to mining companies throughout North America. EGM specializes in identifying, funding, developing and managing resource-based opportunities, with a special interest on the junior mining sector. With an office that is fully Sarbanes-Oxley compliant, EGM is vertically integrated with in-house geology, legal and corporate finance departments. EGM is focused on enhancing value to its growing portfolio of noteworthy public mining companies including SG Spirit Gold Inc., Alderon Iron Ore Corp., Crosshair Energy Corporation, Excelsior Mining Corp, Logan Resources Ltd. and Ridgemont Iron Ore Corp.

About Buchans Minerals:

Buchans Minerals is an Atlantic Canada based resource company that has been focused on exploring and developing base metal properties in the historic Buchans mining camp in central Newfoundland, Canada. Should shareholders approve the Transaction, the Company's focus will then shift to exploration and development of its other projects, including its 100% owned Woodstock manganese project in western New Brunswick, Canada.

ON BEHALF OF THE SG BOARD

Adrian Bray, President & CEO

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Information set forth in this news release may involve forward-looking statements under applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements are statements that relate to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", and "intend", statements that an action or event "may", "might", "could", "should", or "will" be taken or occur, or other similar expressions. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein including, without limitation; statements about the terms and completion of the Transaction, the Financing and the potential of the properties, including the details of the Lundberg PEA are forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following risks: the need for additional financing; operational risks associated with mineral exploration; requirement to obtain shareholder approval; failure to execute the Definitive Agreements fluctuations in commodity prices; title matters; environmental liability claims and insurance; reliance on key personnel; the potential for conflicts of interest among certain officers, directors or promoters with certain other projects; the absence of dividends; competition; dilution; the volatility of our common share price and volume and the additional risks identified the management discussion and analysis section of our interim and most recent annual financial statement or other reports and filings with the Exchange and applicable Canadian securities regulations. Forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date that statements are made and SG Spirit Gold undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change, except as required by applicable securities laws. Investors are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release, and no securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved of the contents of this release.